Talk:Stress management
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Sex and stress management
(copy edit and place in the body of the article? I think sex has a place at the table on this topic due to the research noted)
New Scientist Magazine reports Stuart Brody, a psychologist at the University of Paisley, UK, compared the impact of different sexual activities on blood pressure when a person later experiences acute stress. For a fortnight, 24 women and 22 men kept diaries of how often they engaged in penile-vaginal intercourse (PVI), masturbation or partnered sexual activity excluding intercourse. After, the volunteers underwent a stress test involving public speaking and mental arithmetic out loud.
Volunteers who'd had PVI but none of the other kinds of sex were least stressed, and their blood pressure returned to normal faster than those who'd only masturbated or had non-coital sex. Those who abstained had the highest blood-pressure response to stress
He speculates that release of the "pair-bonding" hormone oxytocin between partners might account for the calming effect."
The effects are not attributable simply to the short-term relief afforded by orgasm, but rather, endure for at least a week," (Biological Psychology, vol 71, p 214).
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- * self-evaluation (e.g. Learn more about your stress by comparing yourself to others. It cost you nothing to take the test at link title which gives you feedback on four areas related to managing stress.)74.12.79.9 17:29, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- NOTE TO EDITORS: This test was developed by a Canadian psychologist (myself) and meets scientific standards for psychological tests. It has been referenced in: McLachlan, J.F.C. (2003). Differential impact of emotional status on four cognitive factors. Brain and Cognition, 51, 240-243 and in McLachlan, J.F.C. (2006). A Culture Fair Cognitive Screening Test Battery: Effects of Emotional Status and Symptom Magnification. Presentation to the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, February 2. The abstract of this paper is published in the Meeting Program & Abstract Book of this scientific body.)
As is, the above text should not be in the article. At minimum it needs re-formatting to be appropriate for the page. I don't have time right now, but I'll try to look at it later on today. Please do not place it back on the page without considerable work.
WLU 18:14, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- I looked at the test, it lacks any references on the page and I consider it of dubious merit for inclusion on the page. WLU 20:26, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Eustress
Does anyone want to add stress that is postive. A Canadian researcher it may have been one of the experts already on the page, wrote in the late 1970's about good and bad stress. He called these stress and distress. Good stress is over work at good deeds like doing lots of volunteering. If you want I can add something about this because generally in psychology one should leave a positive view for people who may just need hope. This means people reading about psychology, as wikipedia readers would do on this page. Pete 10:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Re-work
I just did a big re-work of the article, comments are appreciated. WLU 18:04, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
